28th October 1996, Port of Waterford, Ireland --- There were very high winds, over 100 miles per hour. And one container crane broke free from its clamps and was blown half a mile down the track in the wind until it crashed into the second container crane, and it collapsed in a heap on the ground. One crane remained standing, the other was destroyed. I included 1 picture from 1993 of both container cranes when they were brand new. I was a crane driver and electrician in the Port of Waterford container terminal at the time of the accident. The cranes were build by Morris Container Cranes of England. I also worked with the electricians building and wiring up these cranes in 1993.
We Had Have Morris cranes at felixstowe built around the same time why do you think the booms are so different ours are more lattice than solid
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